Army declares Gayari victims ‘Shuhada’

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Pakistan Army on Tuesday declared 140 people buried alive by a huge avalanche in Gyari, more than seven weeks ago, as Shuhahda.
A huge wall of snow crashed into the remote Siachen Glacier base high in the mountains in Siachen in the early hours of April 7, smothering an area of one square kilometre.
Only three bodies have so far been recovered from the remote glacier, dubbed the world’s highest battleground, despite desperate rescue efforts assisted by foreign teams, including from the United States.
The military said that given the improbability of recovering anyone alive, and after consulting religious leaders, “it has been decided to declare the remaining brave soldiers as ‘shuhada’ (martyrs)” to try to reduce the families’ suffering.
“This is being done with mixed feelings of pride, grief and above all unflinching resolve to continue all out efforts to recover the bodies of all shuhada,” the military said in a statement posted on its website.
Rescuers have dug tunnels into the mass of snow and ice that hit the battalion headquarters of the 6th Northern Light Infantry to try to recover the bodies of 129 soldiers and 11 civilians at the Gayari camp.
The site is 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) up in the mountains, just below the Siachen glacier where Pakistani and Indian troops have faced off since the 1980s.

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4 COMMENTS

  1. Heavy machinery working 24/7 for 52 days ,of course. But there are things beyond human control. 52 days in sub-zero temperature ,under 80 feet or ice ,only divine intervention or a miracle can save them.
    May Allah grant them the highest place in paradise and give courage to their families. A martyr never dies.

  2. but declaring them as shuhada surely they will not halt the process as they will recover the bodies of the buried so that their loved ones could feel some content and surety that they are really shaheed and all effort was made.

  3. Now when search and rescue has been official declared as a recovery only operation I say that they are part of us all and we pray for them.

    I can feel the pain and understand the grief because I lost my younger brother whilst training at PMA Kakul many years ago. He was a Gentleman Cadet of the 56th PMA Long course.

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